Cliff Bleszinski, known for his work on the Unreal and Gears of War series, analyzed the failure of the Boss Key studio he created. Now the game designer wants to return to the industry, inspired by the success of small games like Among Us and Fall Guys.Blesinski is working on a memoir about his career, which spans 20 years at Epic Games and work on the company’s classic titles.

A month after the announcement, the Luna cloud gaming service became available to a limited number of users. So far, you can enter the platform only by invitation, and play only in the titles of the main channel.

Since the beginning of the protests, about 1,200 IT specialists have moved from Belarus to Ukraine. Another 800 left for Poland. And this flow is growing. Sergey Bruy, co-founder and managing director of the Belarusian Vizor Games, believes that “the picture is sad“, but additional challenges can benefit Belarusians.

The new Oculus Quest 2 VR headset does not support games for Oculus Go. We are talking about 66 titles, some of which were significant for the platform. For example, Land’s End from Ustwo Games.

Yesterday, there was widespread talk in the Russian-speaking environment about changes in Apple’s rules concerning the image of weapons in games. The company made a number of clarifications back in September 2019, but until recently they did not receive proper publicity.Now on the Apple website there is a detailed list of criteria for the image of firearms in the materials of games in the App Store.

The head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, is not sure that the company should maintain a partnership with Nintendo. The placement of titles on the Switch console is under threat. But things could still change if a Japanese corporation agrees to support the Xbox Game Pass.

The co-founder of Valve claims that due to remote work, the company’s productivity has fallen to 50-75%. As a solution to the problem, he considers the relocation of developers to New Zealand, where the strictest quarantine measures almost coped with COVID-19.

After Sony denied the creator of Return of the Obra Dinn the right to introduce a temporary discount, attention was drawn to the problem on English-language forums and social networks. It turned out that this is not the first time the company does not allow indie developers to arrange sales.Lucas Pope, the creator of the detective indie game Return of the Obra Dine, decided to arrange a sale in honor of the two-year anniversary of…

Apple has changed the rules regarding pre-orders in the App Store. Now developers will be able to offer users to download applications 180 days before the release.The company announced this in its blog for developers.

Phil Spencer, answering the question of whether it would be possible to recoup the $7.5 billion investment without selling Elders Scrolls VI on PlayStation, clearly said: “Yes.” At the same time, the head of the Xbox brand gave several clarifications about the possible multiplatform policy of the company.The issue of the release of new projects by Bethesda, id Software, Arkane and other studios outside Microsoft platforms has been worrying players since September.

According to the results of the third quarter, Google became the largest mobile publisher in the world by the number of installations. This is reported by Sensor Tower in a new report. Facebook, Voodoo and ByteDance were also in the lead.Sensor Tower collected data for the period from July 1 to September 30, 2020.

Almost a third of gamers have a subscription to platforms with games. Moreover, 80% of them would like to use several subscription services at once. Such data was shared in a recent report by Simon-Kucher & Partners.

The authors of the Farming Simulator Farming Simulator decided to publish games. So far, we are talking only about the studio’s own games.

Genshin Impact from the company miHoYo has already earned over $ 100 million largely due to the use of gacha mechanics. The founders of the studio told how they began to focus on anime gamers and why in—game purchases in their projects are “payment for love”.Background and philosophy of miHoYo

Developers of games for Odnoklassniki will now receive 20% more money from advertising monetization. The social network has improved conditions and named the Top 5 companies on the platform in terms of payments for September.The rules automatically came into force on October 1.

Tencent—owned Swedish developer Sharkmob has announced the opening of its first studio outside the country – Sharkmob London. The new team includes veterans of Mediatonic, Rockstar North, CCP, Wargaming and Playground Games.

After Blizzard announced the closure of its office in France, local trade unions called on employees to go on strike. According to the organizations, the company just wants to get away from European taxes.This became known from a joint statement of three trade union organizations, including the General Confederation of Labor (CGT), which represent the interests of Blizzard employees in France.

The authors of the Unity engine will support independent mobile developers with the help of the Game Growth Program project. Participants of the program will have access to technologies, educational materials and additional funding.

During the winter holidays, Americans’ spending on video games will reach $13.4 billion, the NPD Group predicts. One of the most popular gifts for Christmas will be the Switch — the Nintendo console will overtake even the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S in sales.